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We last staged Rattigan’s brilliant play in 2002 so I thought it was due for a revival. You probably know it was a wonderful black and white film back in 1948 and boasted among it’s cast a twenty five year old actor you may have heard of called Jack Watling - who played the older and slightly wayward Winslow son, Dickie.
But at the heart of this play is the nail biting psychological drama that centres on the younger Winslow boy, Ronnie, a naval cadet who is sent home from college having been accused of stealing a five shilling postal order. He protests his innocence. His trusting father believes in him and hires one of the country’s best barristers to defend not only his son but the Winslow family honour.
